On Friday the second ITF junior event hosted in Darwin reached finals day. It was a battle of the top seeds across all of the draws. The girls and boys finals were played at the same time, on the covered Show Court and Court 1 respectively.
Audrey AULIA (4) faced off against Georgia CAMPBELL (6). AULIA had knocked out the top seed Diana BADALYAN in the semi-finals the day before. AULIA was slightly favoured to win but also it was clear either girl had a strong chance. The match kicked off with CAMPBELL in control and she managed to maintain her dominance for the duration of the match when it counted, coming away with a straight set win 6:2, 6:3.
Under the sun, the boys final between Cameron BURTON (3) and Ashton MCLEOD (2) was a see-saw. BURTON took the first set and MCLEOD fought back with an empathic comeback in the second. The third and final was hard-fought tense affair, and ultimately MCLEOD took the win. Final score 4:6, 6:1, 6:2.
In the girls and boys doubles, we were happy to see our top boys and girls singles players in the doubles finals aswell. Alice STEPHENS and Ava-Monet SYCAMORE were too strong for Shiori TAKEDA and Nayayo WADA, 6:3; 6:1.
In the boys doubles finals Bryan DICKSON and Michael SMITH came to face second-seed duo Minhoon LEE and Ashton MCLEOD (2) hoping to take their second boys doubles trophies home. Both pairs came to the final following tough semi-finals matches and the final was an entertaining tussle with the teams very evenly matched. The match went to a 3rd set tiebreak and DICKSON and SMITH finessed the final points to claim their second championship from two consecutive events in Darwin. Well done guys!
ITF (International Tennis Federation) events like the NT JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL, and the preceding POWER CLEAN JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL are events for the best performing juniors globally. Winning a match at this tournament contributes towards the player’s junior world ranking.
Players came from all over Australia and overseas to play in these ranking events. Darwin welcomed players from the USA, Japan, China, Korea, Poland and all over Australia to play these events.
NT JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL – Full Results
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Event team: Tennis NT & Darwin International Tennis Centre
Where: Darwin International Tennis Centre
Tournament Director: Rhett McKinnon (Tennis QLD)
Tournament Referee: Natalie Dellamarta
Massive thanks to all of our officials
NEXT EVENT:
We look forward to sharing more tennis news from the next Tennis Australia sanctioned event, July’s PALMERSTON OPEN, which will kick off on Thursday 4th July with finals on Saturday 6th July. Entries are open and will close on Monday 24th June.
See you at the tennis!
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